Where does “murderousness” come from?

murderousness (English) comes from English murderous, from English murder, from Middle English murder, from Middle English murthre, from Old English morþor, from Proto-Germanic murþrą, from Proto-Indo-European mrtro-, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

murderousness (English): The state or condition of being murderous

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being murderous

Ancestry of “murderousness”, step by step

murderousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English murderous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmurderousOf, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or...
2EnglishmurderThe crime of deliberately killing another person...
3Middle Englishmurder
4Middle Englishmurthremurder
5Old Englishmorþormurder; great sin or crime, enormity
6Proto-Germanicmurþrąmurder
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmrtro-murder, death; killing
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer-
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